Khaled Omar Taja (Arabic: خالد عمر تاجا; November 6, 1939 – April 4, 2012) was a Syrian kurdish actor born in Rukneddine district in the city of Damascus.

The poet Mahmoud Darwish called him "Anthony Quinn of the Arabs".

He appeared in several films including; Memory of a Night of Love (1973).

Taja worked in over 62 different TV series.

[1][2] He died at the age of 73 on April 4, 2012.